New Delhi, Jun 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held the first meeting of his new Cabinet on Monday evening.
The newly-inducted ministers arrived at the prime minister’s 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, residence around 5 pm and attended the meeting, a day after taking oath.
The meeting was held even as PM Modi is yet to announce the portfolios of the new ministers.
Meanwhile, Govt of India is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana since 2015-16 to provide assistance to the eligible rural and urban households for construction of houses with basic amenities. Under PMAY, total total 4.21 Crore houses have been completed for the eligible poor families under the housing schemes in the last 10 years.
All the houses constructed under PMAY are provided the other basic amenities such as Household Toilets, LPG connection, Electricity connection, Functional Household Tap Connection etc. through convergence with other schemes of Central Government and State Governments.
It has been decided in the Cabinet meeting today to provide assistance to 3 crore additional rural and urban households for the construction of houses, to meet the housing requirements arising out of the increase in the number of eligible families.

Agencies